Barclays Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Rio Tinto (RIO)
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In addition to Barclays, Rio Tinto also received a Buy from TR | OpenAI – 4o's Gavin Steelwright in a report issued yesterday. However, on the same day, RBC Capital maintained a Hold rating on Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO).
Based on Rio Tinto's latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of p26.86 billion and a net profit of p5.74 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of p27.37 billion and had a net profit of p4.94 billion
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 47 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of RIO in relation to earlier this year.
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